What to Consider When Picking Which Military Service Branch to Join A high school student is considering joining the Army or Marine Corps and asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness...
US Air Force Academy The Air Force Academy is the youngest service academy in the country and prepares students for commissioning in the U.S. Air...
Army Reverses Course and Resumes Remote Entrance Exam Testing After Cutting Off Funding The Army has reversed its decision to halt travel funding that enabled potential recruits to take the military entrance exam...
Thousands of Potential Recruits Could Lose Access to Military Entrance Exam Testing with Program Shuttered Thousands of potential applicants -- including high school students -- may face challenges in taking the military's entrance...
What Is Military Time? Military time is based on a 24 hour clock instead of using the standard 12 hour clock. Convert standard time to 24 hour time...
Prep Courses, Policy Tweaks Largely Drove the Military's Recruiting Success in 2024 Despite the wins this year, between ambitious goals for 2025 and deeper issues relating to Generation Z, the services may not...
Hearing Loss, Asthma Won't Disqualify Air Force and Space Force Recruits Under New Policy The new waivers come as the Air Force managed to scrape by its active-duty recruiting goals, in large part due to policy...
The Military Alphabet What is the military alphabet, and how do you use it? This military phonetic alphabet solves what can a major problem with...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
Female Teens Don't See Themselves in the US Military. Here's Why, According to Pentagon Surveys. Surveys find that just 21% of American females ages 16 to 21 were qualified to serve in the U.S. military compared with 25%...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...
